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An asteroid estimated to be the size of six football fields will whiz past Earth Saturday night — but no, you’re not in danger. Asteroid 2002 NN4 will pass by Earth on Saturday at 11:20 p.m. ET, NASA says. At an estimated diameter of up to 1,870 feet, according to the Center for Near Earth…… MORE

In the wake of George Floyd’s killing by police, protesters flooded streets across the country all week to demand racial justice and policing reforms. Most of those protests have been peaceful. Property damage and looting have marred others. But in several cases, the country has also witnessed what appears to be excessive police force against…… MORE

One day after Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser requested President Donald Trump remove additional law enforcement and out-of-city National Guard, she joined thousands of protesters on the streets of the nation’s capital on Saturday. “We should all be watching what’s happening in Washington, DC, because we don’t want the federal government to do this to…… MORE

Attorney General William Barr on Friday tried to distance himself from law enforcement’s violent confrontation and removal of peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square earlier this week, saying he did not give the final order to clear the demonstration even as the White House has placed the decision on Barr’s shoulders amid ongoing fallout. “They had…… MORE

Three days after the White House press secretary sidestepped questions on whether President Donald Trump had confidence in Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Kayleigh McEnany issued a new strong statement of support to CNN. “President Trump remains confident in Secretary Esper,” McEnany said in the statement. “Secretary Esper has been instrumental in securing our nation’s streets…… MORE

Wichita State University Tech, an affiliate of Wichita State University in Kansas, canceled Ivanka Trump’s virtual graduation speech amid backlash over President Donald Trump’s response to George Floyd’s death and the nationwide protests. The public community college announced Thursday that Trump would be a planned speaker for its June 6 virtual commencement, and abruptly canceled…… MORE

When Antonio Gwynn Jr. saw the damage from protests in his hometown of Buffalo, New York, he grabbed a broom, bought some trash bags and started cleaning the streets by himself. He started at 2 a.m. on Monday and did not stop cleaning for the next 10 hours. When an organized group of neighbors arrived…… MORE

Washington’s new BLACK LIVES MATTER street mural is so huge, you can see it from space. New satellite images from Planet Labs clearly show the bright yellow message amid the gray Lego-looking buildings on the street leading to the White House, its grandeur minimized by the distance. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser commissioned the mural, which…… MORE

With its players sporting armbands supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, Bayern Munich maintained its seven-point lead atop the Bundesliga with a 4-2 win at fifth-placed Bayer Leverkusen Saturday. Bayern had to come from an early goal down to secure its victory, with Robert Lewandowski scoring his 30th league goal of the season in the…… MORE

German police investigating the 2007 disappearance of British child Madeleine McCann have now launched an investigation into a potential connection between her disappearance and that off another child who went missing five years ago in Germany, according to German media. On Friday, German news outlet Der Spiegel reported that police in September 2019 had launched…… MORE